A Costly Case of Mistaken Identity
From Times Wire Reports
Retired Judge Robert B. Morgan often gets mistaken for a former U.S. senator with the same name. But he still thinks he should get to keep $18,000 sent to the wrong man.
Officials in Harnett County, N.C., mailed an $18,042 check to the retired judge in April 2003. Now they want the money back because it was supposed to go to former Sen. Robert B. Morgan.
Judge Morgan, 89, said he shouldn’t have to return the money. “It’s been two years. I spent it and paid taxes on it.”
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